Be Fruitful and Multiply
I just finished reading Be Fruitful and Multiply a few days ago and very much appreciated this book. How far our generation is from understanding what the Word of God has to say about children! I wrote down a number of quotes from the book which I will be sharing this week.
I highly encourage all couples to read this book together.
"There are many today who have changed the Word of the Lord in Psalm 127:3-4 to their own version, more suited to their lifestyle: 'Lo, children are a burden from the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is a curse. Depressed is the man who has children, and happy is the man who avoids them or has as few as possible.'"
posted by Crystal Paine at 9:28 AM
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We adopt our children (two so far) but we hope to have a whole houseful eventually. There are so many babies out there that need homes (our boys are of a different race than we are and were considered "hard to place". We believe children are a blessing from the Lord and we have been blessed soooo much by our two little men (ages 2 and 4 weeks). E
I guess I should amend my comments... I personally cannot give birth to children therefore we have adopted. I am NOT opposed to giving birth to LOTS of children :-).
I have to say that my DH & I agree. Too many people do view children as burdens and not blessings. They might have a child or two or three or more but they still talk about them negatively or call them "rugrats" etc. Whilst my DH & I are not QF we are open to having a large family and think that what God says is true...children are blessings!
OR they twist it around to say that "Oh yes children are SUCH a blessing!!!!!" (as long as they come in our timetable and heaven forbid we have more than we can "afford" or "can handle") I want to ask...at what point do they STOP being a blessing???
I'm not gung ho on "the bigger the family the better;" I simply want what the Lord wants for our family, and who am I to say what that is???
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